The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-17 00:00:00

Tit. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at Fight. OYA.T. ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. A. VOLUNTEER NIGHT THIS EVENING. Mdlle. C Patti, Mdlle. Krebs ; Mr. Weiss (for this night only), air. T. Harper, Mr. Crozier, and Ali Ben Sou-alle.— The Faust Selection, Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. tre, One Prom enade, Amphithe atre Stalls, and mphithea Is. an d Shilling ; Dress Circ le, 25. 6d. ; Private A Boxes, gl 10s. 6 O n Monday next , a G OU NOD NIGHT. The Band of the Gt enadier Guards, in addition to the Orchestra ot One H un giredrertormers and the Band of t he Coldstream Guards. O n Thursday next, he Third AENDELSS OUN NIGHT NIGHT. O n Friday next, a HAI , .T DEL 11BEATRE ItOY AL, HAYNIARKET.— Mr. BUCKSTONE respectfully informs his friends and the public that this The Are will o, en on MONDAY --text, Sept. 19, to commence, al. 7 w.th a Ballet, entitled vCCH US AND ARIADNL, in which the Messrs. Arthur ~,- , a Charles Leelercq, with Miss Carol! .e Adams and Miss Fanny Wright, halt appear. Aft,s Killen, at -past 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera of T 110 C A.ST I, E ON' ANDALUSIA. Don Cmsar, Mr. Weis, v-ho will sing - the original sonv, " boats u re-al purplo strfea.m, ." . On by the spur of valourd," and Don Alphonso, Mr. Arthur Tile Wol ; Mathison, with the 0rig ., 4 1 sons, •• file hardy sailor braves the ocean" and " The bu i of the roue ;" Don Scipio, Mr. Chippendale ; Dan Fer nando, Mr. W. Farrat ; Spado (a robber), Mr. Buckstone ; redriilo, with " A master I have, and I am his man," Mr. Compton ; Don Juan, Mr. Rogers ; Sanguine, Mr. Braid ; Victoria., Miss Nelly Moore ; Catalina, with " Two strings to lA4 b 3 vv," Miss Louise Keeley ; Donna Isabella,Mrs.Griffiths ; Donna Lorenzo, Madame Weiss, who wills n;" h(! why do eve love?" (Hatton?, " Love is a gentle thing.," Howard G,' wer', and " The lark n,w leaves her watery nest" ( H a :ton). ' T o be followed by (first time at this Theatre) Mortes (his Farce of FRIEND WAGGLES. Horatio Waggls origina .4 l - character), Mr. Compton. After .vriend Waggles," -" God save the Q ueen" will be sung by Mc. Weiss, Mr. A. Matthison, r ifi ss Louise Keeley, Miss Fosbroi-e, Madame Weiss, and the entire company. Concluding. Ottl A KISS IN T" DA -11K. On Monday, (17,t. 3, will be produced aversion of Alexander Dumas play of ." Mademolselle de . Belle Isle," the Engli-h version by FM:fleet; Anne Kemble. in which Madlie. Beatrice Odeon and Vaudeville, Paris, will make Lucchesini, ot the her first appearance it: England. a no w _Farce, by the Author of "Box and In rehearsal, Cord in which Mr. iMickstone, Mr, Rogers, Mr. Walter Gordon, Miss Snowdon, a.nd Mrs. E. Fitzwil lam will appear. The box-office will be opened on Saturday next, Sept, 17. and daily from 10 till 5, unclet the direction of Mr. G. Turpin. ____.------. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. :THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'l-tafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining - , J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. ForreAcr. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma J3arnett, and Miss Rainy Gwynne. EW THEATRE-ROY AL, ADELPIII.— NBole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. Toole and Billington. After which, 4th time, STEPHEN heD EIGGS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Bitlington, Step ton, Mrs. Billing ton, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. And THE BXBEi IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole, y. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. A. Mellon, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. SAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENP TALENT AND COMEDY. This poVular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Season. THIS EEYING (ior the eth time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's THEY and original Comedy o f HOW WILL THEY GET OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. 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We have of course no confirmation of the report that Nankin had fallen into the hands of the Imperisliste, an event which, if it has really taken place, would exercise a most important influence on the war, and in fact virtually conclude the rebellion by depriving the Taepings of their principal strong hold. According to the China Vail of July 29 the retirement of Col. GORDON from active vervice had ai pirently arrested the progress of affairs. An expeditionary force from Soochow had indeed suc ceeded in capturing the walled city of Chan-ding, but not much else was doing. Chan-sing lies between Woochow and Ye-sing, and was abandoned by the Taepings during one of GORDON'S marches, but was afterwards reoccupied by them, It is chiefly important from its position with regard to Woochow, a city of come consideration. The re tirement of Colonel GORDON is openly deplored by this journal as protracting• indefh.itely the termi nation of the war ; and the siege of the two cities, Nankin and Woochow, which, under his assaults, would probably have been speedily reduced to sub jection. However, it seems that, althou4h retired !nal active service in the field, Colonel GOR PUN has by no means abandoned the Impeb rislist cum. The reported capture of Nan kin is rendered probable by the fact of his h av ing personally visaed that city and inspected its walls, going so close to them as 50 yards dis tance. On his return he communicated the result of his survey, with his advice thereupon, to the isklsl.. very glad to profit by the hints of so able and expe• rienced a commander, notwithstanding the exalte , ,i dignity of Chinese officials. Bat Col. GORDON'S assistance is being carried still further, and it is i questionable whether the anti• Chinese members of the House of Commons who have so often assaulted the Premier on the ground of his Chinese policy will think he has altogether kept his pledges of non-intenvention. On Col. GORDON'S return to Shanghae he commenced the formation of a camp of instruction under General BROWN'S orders. The object of this camp is partly to protect Shanghae and its vicinity, as we are by treaty bound to do, and partly to instruct the Chinese in that military science in which they are so sadly deficient. As the operations extend beyond the 30 mile radius which we are pledged to protect, they are beyond that limit conducted by native commanders, since, owing to the recent Order in Council, officers in her Majesty's service can no longer act on the other side of the line. The plan proposed is that fresh regiments shall continually succeed each other, so that all may receive some degree of military instruc• tion. Col. GORDON is to be the manager, and he is to have the assistance of several officers and drill instructors, but no foreigners are to take the field. Whether it is not fulfilling the letter of the order rather than its spirit to train and equip soldiers for the field without actually leading them may very fairly be questioned. It is true that this arrange• meat disposes of the fear openly expressed by a large party at home, and no doubt secretly felt among the Chinese, that our assistance to the Impe rialists is a mere pretext for Chinese conquests. The Chinese authorities are, of course, delighted with a scheme of such practical benefit to them selves. It is, of course, very pleasant to get their men instructed in the very points in which they are most deficient, such as artillery practice and like, and to get supplies of arms, and all under the pretext of protecting Shanghae. The protection of that port is of itself a substantial advantage to the Chinese, and there is no question but that acute and commercial people are beginning to comprehend the value of dealings with Western nations. The Treaty has come into operation at an unfavourable epoch, when some of the most fertile and pro fitable districts of the Empire were devastated by rebel invasions. The silk districts have especially suffered from their ravages, but the unsettled condition of large portions of the country is most inimical to other branches of trade. Some parts have changed hands more than once during the war, and are of course altogether disturbed and convulsed by such transi tions. Those places that have been retaken from the rebels are still unsettled, for the inhabitants have very naturally no confidence in Imperial pro tection for themselves or their property, while the great losses which many of the former inhabitants have suffered in their flight, renders them unable to profit much, even by their return. Of coarse such a state of things cannot but be most prejudi cial to all the best interests of the people, and it is no great wonder that the Imperialist rulers should be glad to avail themselves of European assistance to restore tranquillity to the distracted provinces. They must, by this time, deplore the infatuated folly that induced them to deprive themselves of so valuable an auxiliary as Colonel GORDON. He is, it is true, in a manner still lending them his aid, but it is not altogether in a satisfactory way. It is undoubtedly giving that material aid to the Chinese which we have publicly declared we would not give, and it is entrusting them with arms which there is no confiagnce that they will employ worthily. Chinese soldiers are certainly not to be trusted without English leaders, and the real dif ference of cruelty and barbarism lies less between Taeping and Imperialist than between success and failure. Wniohever side has the advantage will abuse it, until China is something very different from what it is now. There is not much need to fear, as some do, that their arms will be turned against ourselves, sines a good deal of drilling will be needed before Chinese, led by Chinese, can face Englishmen, but there is some reason for doubting how far the experiment will prove satisfactory. S The dinner of the Tipperary Farming Union Society gave occasion to Lord STANLEY to make a long speech upon Irish affairs in general; and .hese remarks are worthy of notice, coming, as they do from one who always thinks before he speaks, and has generally some wise suggestion to make. 'I he topic of Ireland has become, for one reason or another, rather an awkward one, and many persons have become so desponding, that it is refreshing to hear Lord STANLEY discourse in so hopeful a tone compared to other socuo-- °'" °") rer. uap3 it the Irish themselves and their friends and advisers were generally to take a more sanguine view of their case they would get on better and not meet with so many checks in their career of pro sperity. Lord STANLEY referred to the question of he extensive emigration that has taken place from [reland.at some length. He said that if he thought ,his drain was be continuous he should deplore it greatly, but he did not believe it would continue for long. The attractions to America are so great that it cannot be wondered at that many avail themselves of it, and when we consider the vast MIDIS which are sent home by previous emigrants, and the pro spects which many possess of meeting their friends and families there of course mitigate the regret at parting from the land of their birth. Lord STAN LEY attributes the great increase of emigrants to the present state of things across the Atlantic. This is very likely to be the case ; for the high rate paid to labourers nor; must prove a great temptation to those who are in want, or at all events are greatly in need of increasing their means of support. Of course this position of affairs cannot last long, and then the evil will be in a b y great r a m e s a l smr u e y m o i v s e d o . f Another e p n o c i e n t as sug be g a e r s i t n e g d allusion to circumstances which may effect the prosperity of the population of Ireland. It will n and most probably occur that supplya sthe erease, i of labour decreases the rate of wages will hence the working population of Ireland will gra dually attain the means of support at a greatly im proved ratio. Judging the future by the past, there is every reason to suppose that this may be true, for already there is evidence of more being earned than previously by the same amount of work. The noble lord's observations on the sub ject of cheap labour were very true, and gave great satisfaction to his hearers. What can be more to the mark than that low priced labour is not always cheap labour. This has been proved many times and oft by sad experience, and it will seldom be seen that they who grind the faces of the poor, and strive to stint them to the utmost, are those who in reality get well served and are more prosperous than their neighbours. Ic will certainly mitigate the evils of emigration if it turn out that those who amain at home are better paid for their work. It is a deplorable picture to see the market of labour overstocked with human produce, and men with families dependent on them striving in vain to sup port them even while exerting themselves to the utmost. Looking at the subject in a practical form, there is no reason whatever to doubt that the opinion of Lord STANLEY will be verified, and that we shall find that the " American demand for emigrants THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1864. A 11/1 - TITITeI A LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA AND POLAND. WARSAW, SEPT. 17. It is stated on reliable authority that important decrees in reference to Poland will be issued next week. _ .. The establishment of Universities and the aboli• tion of corporal punishment are among the subjects for which the decrees will provide. An Imperial ukase to General Berg will appear at the same time. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 17. The iiioniteur of this morning says :—Private despatches received here announce that negotiations are in progress with the object of prolonging until the 15th December the armistice between Denmark and Germany, which expired on Thursday last." BOURSE, Sept. 16.—The Three per Cents. are quoted to-day ex dividend, and are now at 66f. Business continues without animation; Mobilier remains nnvaried at 1,012 f. 50c. Little or nothing doing in Railway Shares. Threes slightly receded, and Mobilier improved towards the close. Business finkhed as follows Italian Loan 67 35 Do. end month 6B -- Ditto Threes New Mexican Russian Austrian Spanish Throes — Home Debt Deferred reTB. Cash. Account. Orleans BBB 75 .. 887 50 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 923 75 Southern 62 75 631 25 Western ..• 520 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lorrbard North of Spain Saragossa 487 50 487 50 Ditto to Barcelona 207 50 207 50 41 per Cents 90 Do. end month 3 per Cents 65 70 Do. end month 65 90 Credit Mobilier 1005 Do. end month 1020 Bank Shares 3400 Credit Foncier Roman RAIL' Public Executions in France. The late execution of Latour for murder and tha , criminal's revolting behaviour are commented on in terms of great disgust by the Paris Nation, which asks whether the scene witnessed at the final moment is of a nature to produce any edification in the minds of the spectators. Far from such a result arising, our contemporary considers the whole scene of the execution as profoundly demoralising, and founds on it an argument against capital punish. meat being carried out in public, After describing the conduct of Latour on the scaffold, the writer says, " The crowd remained dumb with stupor, and could not imagine a man insulting death when so near to it. No jests were made to pass away the time, es re cently occurred on the Place de La Roquette. The gaiety of Latour disconcerted the curiosity of the spectators, and filled them with a sort of terror. It was not a lesson which they beheld before them, but a scandal, a thing without a name, by which in a few hours an entire population may see all the bonds of its faith, morality, and sense of deceney torn asunder. Why were not the criminal and the execution concealed from the public gaze ? We demand closed doors for horrors of the kind. Such blood does not purify—it sullies. Let it be shed far from every eye, if you think it indis pensable that blood should be shed. In whatever manner the condemned man may affront the last punishment, whether in singing or turning pale with terror, there is nothing in the spectacle of a head falling. If the man turns pale, the people say he is a coward ! It he is calm and collected, they say he is courageous ! If he sings and swears like Latour, the people no longer understand; everything in their minds is confounded and mingled together, and the only impression they can feel is the immoral one of that double outrage to human life which is manifested in that argument of the criminalists who say, in order to justify the punishment of death, that all murderers fear it? There are certainly murderers who fear it, but we know of others now who ere scarcely moved by it. These latter must, however, be put to death also; they have a right to the same favour. Then it is that the scaffold becomes the infamous tribune, in which the pinioned man upon whom eternity is casting its shadow displays pis hideous infamy, and insults everything that the world holds sacred—from the judge who has con demned him, to God who is about to judge him also. 11/ hat society gains by such a spectacle we cannot say, but we know all that it may lose by it. In the name of religion and morality, and in pre sence of the scandal which has just terrified the populations of the Ariege, we demand that the scaffold should disappear from our public place, and that the last moments of the condemned man, with his proseration before death or his supreme raillery, should be concealed from all. A SOLEMN PROTEST. (From the Law Times of to-day,) One of the cheap daily papers, the lowest happily in its character of purveyor of news, although once it gave pro mise of better things, has adopted a new mode of drawing a penny from the morbidly curious. At the news shops we read, this week, placarded in the largest letters, "Inter view of our correspondent with Muller. Muller's state ment as to the night of the murder," From the paper itself, so far as credit can be given to this kind of information, it might bo learnt that the correspondent led the pri soner Muller into a conversation about the nature of his defence and about his possession of the watch and chain, and other matters, including a cross-examina tion as to the mode in which he procured his passage money. For any purpose of truth or justice such a con conversation is not worth ink and paper. But it is proper to notice how, for the sake of pandering to the lowest appe tite for such exciting stuff, the humane principle of British law where the commonest prisoner is concerned, much more where one is on the way to a trial for his life, has been slighted from vulgar motives of gain. According to law, a prisoner is never invited to make any statement to any offi cer or any one concerned with him, or to any court where he undergoes either his preliminary or his final trial, nor is he allowed to make a statement without a caution that he may be prejudiced by it in evidence. It is true that a statement made to a new s p a p er corre spondent is not l ikel y , unless the correspondent be subpoenaed, to be ac tuall y g iven in evi deuce, but the p u bli c i ty a ff or ded to it cause s it to o p erate on the public, an d consequen tly on the minds of the jurymen. It is easy to caution jurymen to dismiss from their minds all th at t h ey h ear d or read bef ore the y come into court , but as l ong as men ar e men the thin g is impos sible. A great respons ibili t y rests on tho se who increase the juryman's diffi cu lt y by publicly prejudicing cases. All newspapers which set humanity and lawfulness above sordid pence carefully abstain from thus practically inter fering with the course of justice. When then shall we think of a newspaper which, in the first days of a prisoner's arrest on a capital charge, when his senses are scattered, before he has even had an opportunity of taking counsel with his legal advisers on his defence, or for considering his position, allcws its correspondent to thrust himself into the prisoner's cell and question and cross-question him on the vital points of his case, or which, at least, instead of reprimanding a correspondent who has done so, publishes conspicuously the disgraceful result. To take a man at such a disadvantage for selfish ends is base and cowardly. There is another evil attending this now mode of pressing prisoners into the service ut journalism. The accused has granted the correspondent the favour of an interview, which is highly valued by the correspondent's paymasters. Will either they or he be slow to return the favour, if afterwarda, by leading articles, or in any other way, dust can be thrown in the eyes of the public —for instance, as to the character of circumstantial evidence brought forward by the prosecution at the trial ? In case of an adverse verdict, commercial gratitude will induce the j, nalist to play upon the sympathies of those who are adverse generally to capital punishment. Jurymen will bo persuaded to bign pipers that, if they had ktown so and so at the trial, or if this or that fact were true, they would have given a differeht verdict. Petitions will be advertised gratis, and be written up before presentation at the Home office, and the Home Minister will be held up to indignation and contempt for not listening to sophistries. The reaction 12pon journal BM of an unwholesome craving f ur blood news i trust a t h d a t e o x n a m this e g o r o f u t n h d e , a p e r well esen t a s d t s e r e ground l e o f attempt humanity, s capable of very d a n geroua consequences. We can on l y to increase circulation will find no followers in the decent portion of the press. Another solution of Lord STANLEY'S as to the causes of the decrease in the population of Ireland was a satisfactory one. He said that many went to other parts of the United Kingdom. For instance, in Liverpool alone and the district immediately surrounding it, there are no less than a hundred thousand persons who have been born in Ireland. " I think," said the noble lord, " when those who write about the depopulation of Ireland speak of the decrease of the population in Ireland, they ought to bear this in mind that to that extent, at least, the decrease does not represent an emigration out of the country as a whole, but simply a movement from one part of the country to another.". It is well, nertainly, to bear this in mind ; and when we recall the lugubrious remarks which have been made and the disheartening reflections indulged in by many writers and speakers on this subject, the view taken by the noble lord is encouraging, and the more so that it bears upon it the impress of probability. Lord STANLEY takes a hopeful view of the prospects of land in that part of the country where he was. Considering the increase in the value of land both in England and Scotland, there seems no reason to doubt that Ireland will be an exception to the rule. The climate is milder, the soil more fertile ; and, taking into consideration the attractions of the country, there seems no reason to doubt that Lord STANLEY'S prognostications will be fulfilled when he predicts that the day will come when there will be many who will be glad to settle down in a place which possesses each prospects and promises of excel lence. Those immediately concerned may draw a moral from one passage in the noble lord's address, that wherein he says that " life and property are as secure in Tipperary as in Middlesex." Surely it is to the interests of all, rich and poor, to do their utmost to bring about a state of things which than form a striking and decided contrast to the outbreaks that have occasionally disturbed and distracted the kingdom. In the lawless state of the community may too often be found the want of prosperity to Ireland. That has been worse than bad harvests, and more injurious than emigration ; but better times may be looked for, and it must be allowed that Lord STANLEY has done his utmost to encourage those whom he ad dressed, and his words will apply with equal force to all parts of the country which they concern, for the spirit of perseverance and the determination to do one's best, are the safest and surest rules by which men may at all times regulate their lives, and pursue their course with success and honour amid all the chances and changes of the world. The Friendless and Fallen, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Will you permit me to acknowledge the following contributions sent in answer to my appeal in aid of the London Female Preventive and Reformatory Institution, which you kindly insetted. As nearly every contribution has been sent anonymously there is no other medium by which I can thank those friends who so readily assisted in this time of need. I may add that further help will be gratefully . received, and it name and address be sent, ac knowledgment will be made direct to contributors, and a copy of the prospectus of the institution be returned. Several persons have applied by post for a prospectus, but not having received their full address, I have found it im possible to comply with their request.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, E. W. THOMAS, Secretary. S. 0. Y., £5 ; " One who has been rescued," is ; C. N. S., 303; A. V., 10a ; Anon, 23 6d ; Lady, £5 ; A. P. L., 2s ; A Trifle, Ss; N. Cl, 5s ; Anon, ls ; A Lady, 245; Mr R. B. 10s ; Mr E. G. 2s 6d; A Friend, £1; Mr H.,£l ;R. R. Ss ; P. L., 4s 6d ; T. L. 10s ; E. P, 2s 4d ; Lily, is ; "An Elderly Woman without ample means," is ; Anou, 25s ; Anon, 10s. The Oxford Music Hall. In the grand selection from Donizetti's "La Favorita" produced here last evening is to be found another of those brilliant musical displays which at this hall so largely re • fleet the beauties of the entire works. Principals, chorus, and band are alike commendable, and we hear again, in most attractive form, delicious music, for some time pushed aside rather capriciously by Verdi, and lately heard chiefl) in the strains of the retreating organ-grinders, The mor ceaux of the selection includes the romance of "Fernando' in the first act —" Una vergin, un angel ;" the duet '. E fia ver ;" the aria of Leonora, " 0 mio Fernando ;" the recita• tivo and romance, " Spirto gentil ;" the introduction and chorus in the first act, "Bell' alba foriera," and the scena and finale to the second act. To those who are familiar with the completeness of the chorus under Mr Jonghmans' baton, it is supeifluous to speak of the execution of the framework of the selection. Miss Barrie (a rising singer), as Leonora, M. Marini as Fernando, Mr Greene as Alfonso, and M. Marcello as Baldassare, gave the principal airs and concerted pieces with spirit and artistic effect. In the re turn of Miss Russell, the leading soprano, after a brief ab sence, a fine voice is welcomed, which is heard to singular advantage in the music of Marguerite in " Faust." " The Oxford," since its fusion into a company, maintains its old prestige, Mr Charles Morton, now managing director, being the life and soul of the establishment, just as he was when sole proprietor. Indeed, although the commercial company is "limited," the artistic resources seem to have no limit. Unsworth reigns supreme in the world of mock nra tra sr, ...LAI.: tlug A al,la haloidoaCODA of sense, but showing up cant and humbug, or presenting most grotesque aspects of conventional life in almost every word he utters from the "table." Eugene, the musical epicene, is quite a marvel. "His" assumption of the female voice and manner—rudely shat tered by his lightning flashes of the masculine—are the pertection of burlesque,in one of its most difficult and subtle lines. Mr W. Randall, wile is re-introducing his imita tion of the late Mr Robson (with a f ee li ng a ll us i o n to the loss the public have sustained by the late event) gives un mistakeable signs of possession of dramatic power. In his Sampson Burr (" Porter's Knot") Mr Randall may be said to " photograph" the late actor in one of his most highly wrought delineations. We are also glad to see Mr Jongh mans breaking - fresh ground in reproducing some of the more noted solos and duets (comic and sentimental) scat tered throughout the field of foreign and English opera. Some of the buffo revivals —given with dramatic action, and not with the mere dry see-saw of the arms—open up a new source of pleasure to The Oxford audience. A little revo lution is setting in in the musical world, and music seems destined to exercise a more exhilarating influence than ever. It is well, then, not to lose sight of any combinations by which vocal and instrumental music may be rendered at tractive. Two English opera companies are almost on the point of starting, and Mr German Reed has struck a most fantastic, but telling chord in his musical afterpieces— farces set to music, in fact—the idea of which he has felicitously adopted from our sprightly neighbour across the channel. Everything denotes activity in musical circles. The old cry of the " dearth of talent" is reviving, in the straits of rival enSreprencurs to obtain tonors, bari tones. and sopranos for the forthcoming struggle. Good singers, and even singers of promise, are at a premium in the market; and a species of kidnapping is being resorted to by the Montagus and Capulets of the Haymarket and Bow-street houses, which strikes terror into or elates the hearts of the Concert Hall singers. The competition, how ever, will be good for art; singers of talent will maintain and improve their position—the charlatans will go to the wall. Well may an indignant Unswortla ask " Where are we now ?" SHOCKING SUICIDE,—On Thursday evening Mr .T. H. Church, borough coroner, held an inquest at the canteen of Colchester Cavalry Barracks, on the body of George Knott, private 16th Queen's Lancers, who had committed suicide that morning by shooting himself in hie barrack•room with a horse pistol. The jury first proceeded to view the body of the unfortunate man, who was dis covered 1) ing upon his face in a pool of blood in the upper story barrack-room of the married men's quarters, with his right hand grasping the pistol and his fore finger firmly on the trigger. It was afterwards stated in evidence thathe rote that morning at half-past five o'clock, and went to the stables to clean his horse, when he appeared well and cheerful with two of his comrades. Atter partaking of breakfast with his wife, who thought he seemed low spi rited and said but little, he went back to his work, but returned home again, and during the absence of his wife to clean the troop-room ho committed the fatal act, and was found as described between nine and ten, quite dead. Sur geon Ker Park, 16th Lancers, upon examining the body discovered that the deceased had discharged the loaded pistol in his mouth,•completely blowing away the palate, and causing the ball to enter the brain, thereby causing death. Me had been in the 16th Lancers 22 years, and bora the character of a good, steady soldier, and no cause was as sisgned to induce him to commit the rash act. The jury, after hearing the evidence, unanimously returned the ver dict " That deceased committed suicide, but there was no evidence to show the state of his mind at the time. He has left a wife and four children. CRYOTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, FRIDAY —Admissions on payment, 2,024; ditto, by season tickets, 3 vigitnrr4. 2.701, Per the Chin a,via Roche's Point, Sept. 16, 7.55 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 6. Despatches from Gen. Sherman, 26 miles south of Atlanta, report': that on the 30th ult. he with the main portion of his army left the vicinity of Atlanta, made a detour to the south west, crossed the West Point Railway, and after repulsing an attack on his right by the Confederates, who were in force at Jonesborougb, occupied the Macon railway, and in terposed his army between that place and Atlanta. On the Ist instant he attacked Jonesborough and carried the Confederate works, capturing 1,000 pri soners and 10 cannon. He admits his loss in the action at 1,200, and esti mates th at of the enemy at 2,000, including prisoners. The Confederates retired to Lovejoy Station. Sherman followed, but did not renew the attack. In consequence of these operations, Gen. Hood blew up his works at Atlanta, removed or des troyed all material excepting 14 cannon, and during the night retired from the city, but iu what direc- tion does not appear. On the following morning, General Slocum, who with the 20th Corps had been left to hold Sherman's communications, occupied Atlanta. Secretary Stanton announces that Early is retreat ing up Shenandoah Valley, followed by Sheridan. Severe skirmishing has occurred over Bunker's. hill, Occoquan, and Berryville, but no general en• gagement has yet been reported. Richmond journals of the Ist report that General Wheeler has burnt the railway bridge over the Tennessee river at London, and captared 900 pri• soners at Marysville and Newmarket. Mr. Lincoln, under date of the 3rd, tenders th© thanks of the nation to Admiral Farragut, Generals Canby, Granger, and Sherman, and the forces under their command, for their achievements at Mobile and Atlanta, and; orders salutes to be fired from every arsenal and navy yard in Federal possession in celebration of their victories. He also recommends that a general thanksgiving be offered in all the churches on Sunday next. The draught which was ordered for the sth has been postponed, and further time given for the filling of quotas by volunteering, The credits allowed for naval and other recruits not previously accredited has reduced the quota of New York city to 1,114 men, whom it is believed can be speedily supplied without recourse to a draught. Gold opened yesterday at 235, rose to 2431, but closed at 240 b. To■day it has been steady at 2411. Exchange, 263. Sixes, registered, 1881, 107 ; Five. Twenties, Coupons, 110 i; Saven•Thirties, 1091 ; New York Central, ; Erie, 1071 ; Illinois Cen tral, 1271,. Cotton 183 c to 185 c. Breadstuffs dull and lower. Provisions improved, Sugars firm. Coffee dull. _ _ SEPT. 7, 9.30 A,M, Both the Federal and Confederate accounts re port that General John Morgan was surprised at Greenville, Tennessee, on the 4th, himself killed, and 75 of his command captured by Federals under General Silvers, General Rosseau announces that Generals Wheeler and Roddy have retired from Nashville and Chatta nooga Railway. No further particulars from Atlanta. Early has taken a strong position west of the Opequan, cover ing Winchester. Mr Stanton states that on Monday Gen. Grant celebrated the occupation of Atlanta by shelling Petersburg. Secretary Seward made a speech at Auburn, New York, on Saturday evening last in which he de clared that the salvation of the Union depends upon the election of Mr Lincoln ; that slavery is no longer an issue of the war, and will not be inter fered with ;after peace is restored ; and that the Democratic party is aiding and abetting the rebel lion. He also stated that no draught will be neces• sary, as the armies are being recruited as rapidly as required by volunteering. The China takes out 87,675 dole. in specie. The Chicago Convention. If we read these Chicago resolutions, framed and introduced, as is worthy of remark, by the repre sentative of the Federal Senate of a slaveholding State and a native Southerner, although not a favourable type of the Southern statesman, by the light of the deliberations after which they were adopted, it becomes more than ever clear that the keynote of the Democratic policy is conciliation, and this fact is of vastly greater importance than the precise phraseology in which that policy is an nounced. There is in the various speeches and ad dresses a significant absence of a threatening alter native. The speakers all profess an implicit confi dence that conciliation will result in reconciliation, and they are silent as to the means to be employed in event of failure. We had fully expected a cer tain amount of " last man and last dollar" oratory, and it is in this, more than in anything else, that the convention has agreeably disappointed us. We venture to say that, for this reason alone, the Con federate Government and people feel more kindly at this moment towards the Northern Democracy than at any time since the war broke out, and will meet them with as hearty good - will as it is posbible to have for men who still hold the attitu le of armed enemies. In keeping with there gratifying indications, to which we direct attention, is the absence from the debates of the convention and from its published resolutions of any allusions, even indirect, to slavery. It is not even casually referred to as a possible ele ment of difficult in the adjustment of the quarrel between North and South. Nothing could be more eloquent than this silence on a subject which the partisans of the North have so sedulously repre sented as the sole cause and object of the war. If the Democratic party should seize the reins of go vernment, and afterwards unhappily a war fever should again seize upon the minds of the Northern people, they will stand denuded of the last rag of a pretext either to themselves or to the world. Here, then, is another, and perhaps the most hopeful, promise of peseP. Endeavouring to review the action of the Chicago convention without partisan bitterness, and making allowance for its unavoidable shortcomings, we must give it the credit of having done probably the best that could be done under the circumstances. It has at least had the manliness to make an emphatic and solemn avowal of the hopeless failure of the attempt to restore the Union by any other than peaceful means. So wide an abyss as the unprecedented magnitude of this war has placed between the two peoples cannot be jumped at a single bound; it must be bridged over, and the convention might have selected a worse foundation and less available materials for the construction of the bridge. We look hopefully, therefore, to the probable success of the Chicago nominees as a hcavenssent opportunity for bringing about a peace honourable to both parties, and conducive to the safety and prosperity of both. At the same time it behoves the South to strive harder than ever, and not to allow herself to be beguiled into temporary security or remission of exertions. If it is wise, as Washington said, "in time of peace to prepare for war," it is assuredly not less necessary in this instance " in time of war to prepare fur peace." And the true preparation for peace with the North is to enforce by deeds the truth which the North has been so slow to learn — that of the two the South is the better able to pro long the struggle, and that while the North con sumes accumulated resources the South develops exhaustless ones. If we had ambitious wishes of empire far the Sous h we should desire, great as the cost of life would be, another four years of war. As ' self-preservation is its only object, we hope for peace,—lndex. ur- RAILWAY EXTENSION IN WALES.—On Thurs day the first sod of the Caernarvon and Llanberris Railway was cut by the Ron. Emily Wynn. An immense number of people witnessed the interesting ceremony, which passed passed off with much dclai. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Several journals have erroneously stated that the Hon. it, H. Dutton, M.P., is going to retire from the directory of the London and South. Western Railway Company. This statement is quite inaccurate; the hon. gentleman will continue to oc cnpy his seat at the Wald. The retiring director, in fact, is Wyndham S. Portal, Esq., for whose place Viscount Bury, N.P., is a candidate. A Collision wi' (From the Record). A correspondent who was a passenger in an Australian ship which narrowly escaped destruction by an iceberg, has furnished us with a graphic narrative of the alarming occurrence 2 . " I was very recently a passenger from Australia to Liverpool en board one of the noblest ships, the Royal Standard, belonging to the celebrated White Star Line of Packets. We wet° upwards of 300 statute adults on board, exclusive of the captain, officers, stewards, and 71 crew, and had as a cargo three thousand bales of wool, and 120,000 worth of gold. The first part of our voyage was attended with no particular incident ; of course, there was the usual routine of sea-sickness, the formation of messes,' and the unpacking and the metamorphoses occasioned by changes of dress that are now familiar to all old stagers. After the genial intertropical climate of the Antipodes we rapidly approached 'the Horn,' when the weather became intensely cold. Morning, noon, and night groups of passengers huddled or crept round the huge funnel of our ship, for we wore an auxiliary screw, to gather a little extra warmth. On Sunday, April 3, lat. 56 S, long. 110 W, we saw the first iceberg, and a beautiful sight it was. It was a majestic mountain of ice floating along like a mass of burnished silver, about 360 feet high, as ascertained by the sextant, and about two miles in length at the base. As the sun shone full upon it, it presented a splendid appear ance, and as our relative positions altered it assumed a variety of shapes most fantastic, and lighthouses, cathedrals, churches, &c., were easily conjured up without much stretch of imagination. As we stood, one and all gazing at this Antartic wonder of the deep, some looking at it through their glasses, some sketching it in their note-books, and all associating with it ideas of novelty and beauty, no one dreamt that the next day would be one of such awful peril that the total destruction of our ship and all on board appeared inevitable. "Monday, April 4th, opened with thick, hazy weather, and a good breeze, before which we were going, without steam, ten knots an hour, apprehensive of no danger. Suddenly we ran into a dense fog, and almost immediately one of the double look-out gave the alarm, ' Broken water ahead I' and almost immediately after. Ice on the star board bow 1 At that moment I was writing the news paper I conducted on board, in the engineer's mess-room ; but hearing the noise, and the ominous cry, ' Helm hard a starboard 1' I rushed on deck, and looking over the bul warks saw, to my horror, an immense mountain of ice, towering far above our maintop-gallant mast, which was 200 feet about the water-line, and so close to us that any one could have jumped on to it. All hands were imme diately summoned on deck, and everything done to prevent what new appeared inevitable—a collision between our ship and the iceberg. The yards were trimmed, the sails adjusted, and everything done to prevent this fearful catastrophe—but in vain. The monster mountain bi ice drew nearer and nearer to us, and we drifted nearer and nearer to it. At length the inevitable moment came; one heavy roll of the skip, and the yards of the foremast grated right into the solid mass of ice, tearing out and hurling down upon the deck immense blocks of ice, some of them of enormous size. At the same moment the main and mix n topmast snapped at the cap with tremendous noise, and, being made of iron, hung over with all their gear amidst the rigging, to the great danger of every one on deck. While this was going on the men at the wheel stood faithful to their duty, although one of them had his overcoat rent in two by a lump of ice that fell in front of him, yet it did not touch him. The scene on deck was now indescribable. Loudly were the orders passed fore and aft to the hands, and as heartily obeyed, to adjust the yards and trim the ship so as to help her to forge ahead of the iceberg, many of the passengers rendering good service in this emer gency. Under the forecastle dock were gathered groups of men, pale, silent, awestruck. Two strong stalwart men had hold of my hands, and with big beads of teats rolling down their cheeks cried for mercy. Between decks women and children were loud in their passionate cries, and iu the intermediate was an elderly gentleman, a widower, with 5 children, in the agony of woe, expecting his and their im mediate destruction. Still the worst was not come; again the ship's yards crunched into the iceberg; where I stood I looked up and saw that this mountain of ice actually over hung the ship, standing then 600 feet out of the water. There were two large fissures running from the top a considerable way down,and as the ship rolled oven feared the yards would go into one of these fissures. Had they done so they would have brought down tons of ice that would have sent us to the bottom in a moment. We were spared that doom, but the next instant the foretop gallant mast, jibboom, foretopsail yard, studding-sail boom, and all their gear went at the next crunch, tearing and splitting the sails to ribbons. At the same time over the forecastle deck came rolling vast torrents of water, flooding the decks and creating a fresh source of danger. The Royal Standard was now all but a helpless log, crippled and dismantled, she presented the most pitiable appearance, and with her masts, yards, chains, and ropes all hanging over and dangling about in most dangerous confusion, the marvel is that no one was seriously injured if not killed. " Still the worst was not come, and but for the amazing strength of her iron hull, all on board must have gone down to the bottom, leaving no record of their fate behind them. Bodily the ship drifted up against the berg, her whole side coming violently into contact with it, and—l quote from the ship's log, lest my account should be regarded as the natural exaggeration of a landsman's fears—' smashed the starboard lifeboat, carried away the bumpkin, stove in all the starboard bulwarks, stove in the starboard quarter in several places ; also the captain's cabin, and sent the chro nometers flying about, lilting the poop deck beams one foot, thus damaging all the cabins ; and with another heavy crash split our upper plate amidships, and did other sundry damages. At this moment total destruction seemed in evitable; but as the ship still slowly forged a head under main and foresails, hope still remained. At last the end of the berg came in view, and we forged clear. The berg ap peared to be enterely enveloped in a dense fog, and about 600 feet high. 'We passed along about half a mile of it, and from the time of seeing it to clearing it it was about half an hour.' "So far the ship's log. ' Half an hour ;' yet what a half hour 1 Who can tell the agony, the suspense, the wild and all but frantic emotions that were crowded into that 30 minutes ? Beyond the noise of our ship's wreck knocking about, and the orders given to the men, all was silence after the first wild cry of terror and dismay. Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave.' " Pale and trembling men gazed, first at the iceberg ,then at the ship, presenting a picture most desolate, and then at each other ; many shook hands, and bade each other good bye; and all stood, expecting a certain watery grave. For myself, I was too stunned and startled to feel excited ; 1 seemed incapable of any feeling but that of dumb amaze ment. Not a tear came to my relief, not a word escaped my lips. Wife and children I felt I should never see any more —and so, holding a fellow passenger's hand, I calmly awaited the awful moment, the summons to which had come so unexpectedly, and under such fearful circumstances. Meanwhile the captain was shouting to the boatswain— 'Da you see the ens of the berg ?' again and again, for all our safety lay in our speedily gaining open sea. At length after many times, ' Not yet, Sir,' ho said, Yes, Sir, close by ;' and in another minute we had passed our enemy and were in the open sea once more. " Three loud cheers passed fore and aft, and ogain we shook each other by the hand, and thanked God for our deliverance. The saloon passengers immediately held a special religious service, and so did the intermediate and steerage, and these services were continued daily till our arrival in Liverpool. Never, often as I had heard it, did the language of the Prayer -book appear so grandly and solemnly impressive as night after night we met in the saloon, passengers and such of the crew as were off duty ; and then, all distinctions merged, reverently bending before Him who in His eternal tenderness had saved us in the hour of sorest peril, we with one heart said, " We . . . . humbly present ourselves again before Thy Divine Msjesty to effer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgividg, for that Thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before Thee in our deep distress; even when we gave up all for lost — our ship, our goods, our lives, then Thou didst mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully cornm :rid a deliverance. For a hundred nights regularly did we meet for wor ship, in addition to our services every Sunday, and the gambling and drinking usages were completely suspended. After our danger was past, then the overpowering rush of feeling came to my relief, nor to me alone ; there were many others—and this is one of the curious psychological facts connected with such strong, sudden excitement—who when the danger was all over, sat and wept and sobbed like children. Happily no life was lost. The ship was a perfect wreck, her beauty and symmetry destroyed, her capacity for a speedy passage across the ocean taken away, and all the high expectations of the captain and passengers of a crack passage dashed to the ground ; but sine(, skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath, will he give for his life,' these losses and disappointments sink into insignificance when compared with our merciful deliverance." Our cerrespondent gives, in- conclusion, some verses written by a passenger, embodying in poetic form the facts of the appalling collision, and pointing the moral of the scone, These lines were copied out eagerly by the Ger man, Swiss, and French passengers, and ero this have found their way through vat ions parts of the Continent. As, however, they would scarcely interest general readers, we omit this portion of our correspondent's communication, HORSEWHIPPING A GOVERNMENT CLERK.—A few days ago a somewhat extraordinary case oc curred in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. It appears that while the clerks in the Royal Gun Factories were at their usual avocations one of the offices was entered by a well known officer of Royal Artillery, accompanied by a friend who had a good stout horsewhip. The gallant captain de mandtd an immediate apology from ono of the clerks for alleged impertinent conduct towards his daughter, who, it appears, was escorted home f rom a party by the accused clerk on the previous night. The requited apology was refused, whereupon the indignant son of Mars applied the horsewhip in a vigorous manner upon the back of the offender in the presence of his brother clerks and other persons N% ho were attracted to the spot, but did not inter tere with this summary infliction of punishment. if!' Cape Horn, tiourt v - - Di. - Titular HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 15. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at th e Castle yesterday from Norway, having disembarke d from her Majesty's ship Racoon at Bruntisland , is the Frith of Forth, proceeding by railway to Aberdeen and Aboyne. His Royal Highness Was attended by Major Cowell. The Queen went out yesterday afternoon, SC' companied by Prince Alfred and the Hon. Harriet Phipps. The Hon. Sir Frederick Bruce arrived at the Castle yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Princess Mary were t 3 have arrived at Paris yesterdaY from visiting their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and , Grand Duchess of Alecklenburg-Strelitz, the King of Hanover, and other relatives in Germany. The royal duk e and princess are expected to arrive in town this evening from the Continent. The Duke of Roxburghe arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Copenhagen, yesterday morning; the duches s arrived the previous evening from Floors Castle. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland left SW' ford House, St, James's, yesterday, on a visit to the Earl of Carlisle, at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Wilton left Lora Willoughby de Eresby's seat in Perthshire some days sinc e for Granton, near Edinburgh. The countess proceeded to Heaton Hall by land ; the noble earl went round in hi s yacht.. The Countess Russell and family, on leaviog Lockwood, on the borders of the Windermere, on Wediles• day last, proceeded to North Berwick, near Edinburgh. Count Neeseirode has arrived at Maurigy's hotel from Paris, His Excellency Conde do Farrobo Joaquim hee left Maurigy's Hotel on a visit to Earl Brownlow at Belt° House, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Viscount and Viscountess Grey do Wiiton have been among the visitors at Doncaster during the week, and to-day they proceed on a visit to Sir George and Lady Juba Wombwell at their seat in Yorkshire. Viscount Balsamo has left Maurigy's Hatel for Lisbon. Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham have arrived la town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Richmond o i Gordon Castle, N.B. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Colonel Taylor, M.P., has arrived at Maurie ll Hotel from Balbriggan Castle, Ireland. Cardinal Wiseman is at present sojourning 9t Eastbourne, in the neighbourhood of which his property 4 situate, His eminence has taken a house in Cavendish place. DEATH OF VISCOUNTESS HARDINGE.—The --.---- _ ligence of the death, so prematurely, of Viscountess W it ' dingo will be learnt with regret by a large circle. 11e lamented lady died on Thursday at South Park, Penshure Kent, having been confined on the Ist inst. This anliab l !, and charitable lady, who was born in 1835, was the sent and youngest daughter of George, Earl of Lucan, by fowl ( Anne Brudenell, third daughter of Robert, sixth Ear l 0- Cardigan. She married 10th April, 1856. By her marriage with the present Viscount she leaves a numerous faraill' The Countess of Luean, her mother, was present at Il er dissolution, A Choral Festival of 5,000 voices will be boa at the Crystal Palace on Saturday next, the 24th inst., under the direction of Mr G. W. Martin, The Hest part of the programme will consist of choruses. anthen3l and chord's- —the second part of madrigals, nationa l pal l songs, &c same of which are in four treble parte, and gill be sung by 1,000 treble voices to a part. Her Majest9 b an graciously accorded to Mr Martin permission to include the programe e chorale composed by the late laments Prince Consort. In order that all classes may have 80 3 opportunity of being present, the charge of admiss ion been reduced to one shilling, being the only shilling Satlll.4l day in the year. Excursion parties are now being or g anise _ from various parts of the country ; Saturday afternooao being a general holiday, large employers of labou r Will 11 doubt arrange for the visit to the Palace of their employes.' the training colleges and other educational institu tions be largely represented, and altogether it is anticipated tha t this will be, in every sense of the word, a people's chore RAILWAY READING.—Railway reading is a prac' tice almost peculiar to the Anglo-Saxon natur e ' If, in travelling on the Continent, you see a fellow pae6ell - reading a book, you may give considerable odds that lie, is a countryman of your own. The Germans are sa id, and we believe with truth, to read more than any people i ll the world; but they hardly ever read in a railway carriage' You may go through the whole length and breadth of 01 Fatherland without seeing a bookstall at any station creel; those which are especially frequented by English touristg; It is only at a few of the German metropolitan termini ail, you can ever get newspapers. We remember, at the O a burst of the Schleswig-Holstein war, at a time when6„,.g Germany was in a state of passionate excitement for ne% of the expected attack on the Dannewerke, traVelliOb for a long weary day's journey from Cologne to Hamburg, and not being able to .meet with single roadside newspaper. There was no demand, w° pose, and therefore no supply. In Denmark, Sweden , I le ; 1 ; Russia, and Switzerland, railway reading, in our Bufg h ' s sense of the word, is utterly unknown. In Franc e el°ll° and French Belgium is there anything at all appro aci l to our system. On the main French lines newspap er re a rs ing is very common, and at all the great stations there lib% bookstalls. Of course there must be people who buy 0 r books, or else they would not be offered for sale. But ; 8 1 own experience—a pretty considerable one in contiati travelling—would lead us to suppose that the sale was Te k r o small compared with the number of travellers. The b etj t i bought are purchased, wo fancy, by travellers to this at home—not to read on the journey; and ! Di a impression is corroborated by the fact that, °' railway bookstall in France, you see exactly the 61 7 - . 0 books that 3ou find in any respectable iib ra :o in the towns. In North America, on the other hand, 1:0 see in railway literature, as in most other things, en al Bs exact counterpart of our English system, carried °u t ry usual, with somewhat more go-aheadness. Almost eve to railway traveller in the Northern States has sornethiog r read with him. Throughout the whole length of ale ney the newsboys pass constantly through the ca rs, ca an d ing, besides the papers, an assortment of cheap novels. 13 4 magazines. If you are not disposed to buy at first erg i you are tempted to do so by an ingenious device. I:4° ste to lays down by your side two or three of his books, and l& them there for half an hour or so. You are w elconie take them and turn over the leaves, and return them vlllB6 called for, without paying a cent. But the hope is tha t the will grow interested in the story, and purchase it wise - ,„1.• boy comes raund again ; and this hope is very often filled.— The Reader. of novae b° SINGULAR STORY.—A boy giving the - i Henry Goodwin recently made application ll to "-, Briggs Ironworks, Lanesborough, for work, and, al thati' they were not in need,of help, he pleaded so hard that ployment was finally given him. His superior intelligetlei modesty, and freedom from p 11 rofanity an d coa rseness , 1 ' 11 . 6 his great industry all conspired to win the f avour of ,1,, employers, who spoke of it to several gen tlemen of the VI, lage,who also became interested in his appearance. Short)); after commencing work he was taken ill, and repaired Munson's Hotel, where in order to be apart from t he otbal i boarders, he had a bed in the garret. The care he reeelle was not the best, and the patient grew rapidly worse, Wilfa a physician was finally sent for, who wished to ext 033 4 ; 0 him, but, Henry objecting, the doctor did not insist , next day the doctor found him insensible, and the ~c"):$ hopeless, and on examination discovered that his Pari"eio... was a woman. During the night the patient continue- .0• sensible or deranged, and died in the morning. An 4 1 1 3 - 0 quest was held, at which it was ascertained that at deceased had worked for a Mr. Barton, in Dalton+ 0 0 farming, then came to Pittsfield and worked for /1"1136ile Shepardson, farming, at 1 del . 50e, a day, but le ft, 89 "00 could not do haying. She then applied for work or• ironworks in Lanesborough, and with the sa d result °Ol3O rated above. The Pittsfield auk says that everywh ery od conducted herself with extreme modesty and propfi et Y Dee showed great industry. From letters found among effects, she appears to have been the wife of 14 ; A Underhill, a soldier or officer in Battery D, Ist Wrk ec ' n ear Heavy Artillery, lately stationed at Fort Jacksolbioa New (Means. The letters are addressed "De ar ber and Children." The first ones speak of having ae u ' ai tly money,with some doubt in one case whether it was na l ': 0 0. delivered. The late ones speak of want, not h a ving :00 paid, sickness, &c., and at least intimate a request for a t money. She sent money away at two di fferent tirocPlia, least—probably to her husband, and perhap s to herAcuer dren—and there seems little doubt that she asstnoe' an d disguise in order to procure more remunerative PO I, ' vi le died from over , exertion for those she loved. A- fi n V ° e cta , knife, ground very sharp, wan found among her ruit! and was doubtless intended for defence ag ainst in Boston (American) Journal. THE REPORTED NEW CONFEDERATE --1 t We are able to state positively th a t the projec t of d'erate loan, based on cotton, to be offered to the Coll ie bas e States, as suggested in certain advert i seme nts whl ell .,, e o r recently appeared, is started witho ut the knowleipro., coun t e nance of the Confederate Government. Sever'titted, jects of new loans have at different times been sub a',.09. and the Congress,has invariab l y declined to entertain eA It is extremely improbable t hat this policy will be ala" during the continuance of the war,-27 e index,